That is the motto I live by most days — always remembering that hard work opens doors to great fun and adventure (on your days off, of course).

I spent all of last week in Kauai (so gorgeous!), after a whole month of lots of work and little play. It was so rewarding to run away to a tropical location, knowing that the hard work had paid off.

Now I am back in the grind, and am so excited to share some good news I received today. As of a few hours ago, I just landed my first freelance social media client, and I couldn’t be more excited. This is something I’ve been wanting to dabble in for a while, and now it’s becoming a reality!

So for this Favorites post, I am cheers’ing to new opportunities and new challenges — and to one of my all time favorite mottos, “work hard, play hard”.